Word: dispel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...goaltender George McPhee from last year's 19-11-1 team, and it looked doubtful that their high-scoring line of Paul Schilling, Tim Sheehy, and John Snyder could produce enough goals to compensate for the loss. A 6-5 overtime victory over weak Providence did little to dispel those doubts, and subsequent triumphs over Princeton and Northeastern, both destined for horrible seasons, were scant help in providing an accurate measure of the Eagles' talent...
...Harkness alleged recruiting methods do little to dispel the charge. In a recent year, he deliberately fed a goaltender highly questionable information in an effort to prevent him from applying to Harvard, and several other Crimson hockey players have related similar incidents of Harkness' "negative recruiting...
...role in guiding their own development. Did it also signal a U.S. desire to disengage? Said a high Administration spokesman: "the answer is no-not disengagement, but re-engagement." Nor would the new policy imply economic isolation, he added. "What it does mean is that we would like to dispel the myth that the U.S. is the instant messiah for miracles." The question remains whether Nixon's proposed partnership asks enough of the partners -either the Latin American lands or, for that matter, the U.S. itself...
...advantage of providing a recognized channel through which grievances can be ventilated, criticisms expressed, and proposals for change discussed with the Faculty. From the departmental point of view, the existence of such machinery may not only serve as a stimulus to curricular improvements but also provide an opportunity to dispel misunderstanding by explaining the rationale behind existing requirements...
...rains. Boring. You spend most of your freshmen week sitting around waiting to go to introductory meetings where you sit around some more and listen to a lot of people-deans, proctors, glee club directors, and members of Crimson Key-talk. The purpose of all these talks is to dispel many of the misconceptions you might have about Harvard. And regardless of what they say, the speakers do do that most effectively...